Playful Integration - Resource List On Gender Expansive Kids in The Playroom

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Playful Integration

Resource List on LGBTQ & Gender Expansive Kids in the Playroom

Free Resources:

Lessons from the Playroom podcast: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in the Playroom

Guide to Healthy Gender Development in Young Children (for Early Childhood)

Gender Exploration in Play Therapy - PowerPoint from Kelly "Ked" Dixon, RPT

Play & Art Therapy Interventions for Gender Nonconforming Children & Their Families from
Bonnie Thomas, LCSW

Workshops (On demand):

Trans Sensitive Play Therapy (workshop by Kade Sharp, RPT)

Exploring Gender Identity in Play Therapy and With Adolescents (Live & Virtual Training)

Course: Helping Children Experience Healthy Gender Development from Wonders Counseling

Course: What is Gender Affirming Care and Why Does It Matter? with Susan Radzilowski,
MSW, LMSW, ACSW, IMH-E®

Play Therapy with LGBTQ Kids and Teens with Ragan Snyder-Smith ($60, 5.5 hours)

For Kids & Teens:

Queer Kid Stuff YouTube Channel (content for kids that is GREAT!)

Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement, book by Stella Caldwell and Layton
Williams

Books and Balms for Non-binary Folks

Finding Gender-Affirming Hygiene Products


Gender Confusion: Being Unsure Doesn't Have to Be a Bummer

Gender Journaling

For Parents:

Cleveland Clinic: Think Your Child Might Be Questioning Their Gender Identity?

Transgender Children & Youth: Understanding the Basics

ChildMind: Quick Guide to Gender Dysphoria

Transgender Kids and Gender Dysphoria

ChildMind: How to Support Kids Who Are Questioning (English)

ChildMind: How to Support Kids Who Are Questioning (Spanish)

Gender Affirming Vocal Therapy

Virtual Meetings & Support Groups for Families from PFLAG NYC

Folks Offering Consultation & Training:

Kade Sharp, RPT

About Heather & Playful Integration:

Heather Fairlee Denbrough (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker,


Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Supervisor with
more than a decade of play experience. Her specialty areas are: young children and early
childhood, developmental trauma, attachment issues, parent-child relational problems,
suicidal ideation in young children, Synergetic Play Therapy, the nervous system and its role in
therapy, parent reflective work/inner work, and reflective supervision.

Playful Integration exists to provide resources and more to play therapists and other folks who
benefit from looking at the world from the lens of play therapy, with a special emphasis on
building confidence in folks working with children. Through Playful Integration, Heather offers
play therapy consultation, workshops, and practical, supportive products.

Contact Information:
You can reach Heather at [email protected], or follow her on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/playfulintegration/. You can find more information about Heather’s
offerings at: www.playfulintegration.com. Heather has an email newsletter you can subscribe to
here: https://tinyletter.com/PlayfulIntegration. You can also follow Heather on Facebook:
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